Punisher Max: The Complete Collection Vol. 3

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PUNISHERMAX #16". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08. The rest are some very, very short stories. They are pretty solemn and emotional snippets that remind us of the horrible tragedy that made Frank the Punisher to begin with. I liked these as well, because they made me feel more connected to him. The tragedy is an essential part of this whole thing. It’s what justifies him. When you see him gutting badguys alive, sometimes you have to remind yourself that this guy is the way he is because his entire family was snatched from him in a horrible killing. His revenge can never be satisfied. PUNISHERMAX #12". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08. Not to be out done, the last story arc has Castle going after Irish (surprise) mobsters, who are looking for the treasure of a dead Irish mob boss.

PUNISHERMAX #1". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08. I've always been fascinated by the character of The Punisher. Have you ever been frustrated when the more popular heroes keep capturing the bad guys over and over even though they must know they will escape again and hurt more innocent people? Sometimes wonder why they don't stop them in a way that they can't hurt anyone else? Well, the Punisher is the hero for you! An angry Vietnam vet named Frank Castle gets some guns and makes it his mission to PERMANENTLY do away with the bad guys. A few "niggling" complaints, to approach saying a word Garth Ennis is far too fond of as a white man: PUNISHERMAX #2". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.PUNISHERMAX #5". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.

Frank Castle Goes To Jail in 'Punisher Max' #12 [Exclusive Preview]". comicsalliance.com. 2011-03-23. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19 . Retrieved 2011-05-28. I don’t want to be super dramatic like everyone else in this thread, acting like this is the end of the series and the next three volumes don’t exist. But the fantastic character study that Garth brought to this run will be sorely missed. Whoever writes the next couple of arcs has seriously large, bloody shoes to fill.The next arc is more serious where Frank goes to stop basically a warmonger who he didn't finish off before. This also leads to old friends, lots of betrayals, and some actual sad deaths. All of this worked and the ending to the arc was pretty good. A little long but good. This book is split into three stories-BORN, IN THE BEGINNING, and KITCHEN IRISH. The first story, BORN was more of an origin story about Frank Castle in Vietnam and how he made a deal with the what I am assuming is Death A.K.A. The Grim Reaper to keep fighting "a war that never ends". And I think that's interesting that Ennis introduced some degree of a supernatural aspect to this. That's why he wears that skull on his chest. And it was important to tell that story. PUNISHERMAX #19". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08. October 2011 Comic Book Sales Figures". comichron.com. The Comics Chronicles . Retrieved 2017-07-08. PUNISHERMAX #10". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.

PUNISHERMAX #18". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.We get three separate story arcs in this hefty volume. First up is “Born,” a story about Frank Castle in Vietnam before he became the Punisher, or, more to the point, about the beginning of the becoming. PUNISHERMAX #8". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08.

The ‘Barracuda’ miniseries that we open with is the funniest thing Garth has ever written, by far. While a little hard to feel invested with the complete absence of Frank, Ennis makes up for it with the arc right after. The only arc to make me shed a tear so far. The "Born" mini series strongly earns the five stars but the followup twelve issues of Punisher Max are also great. Frank Castle is really hard to pull off for most writers and so instead of character development, they go for murder porn and see how many ultra-violent ways they can cleverly have their Punisher kill the bad guys, and frankly (ar ar) it gets rather boring after a while. It's even worse here with Garth Ennis in the Marvel Max imprint because now he can blast brains, smash faces, and eviscerate the baddies' insides like never before. And Garth must think he's being extra edgy with all the f-bombs and the n-words, but it's just kind of lame, and I'm not sure who he thinks is interested, but I'm not. Ennis goes for the gross out or the profane as a cover for how thin and pointless everything is in his series. PunisherMax #15 Review by Peteparker 4/5". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20 – via www.youtube.com. Interesting ideas and premises with great potential mostly range in execution between basically competent and offensively bad.

So let me talk about a couple that didn't work for me. There's one of a writer, she's trying to create a story but pushing towards actual events and having people kill and murder. It's stupid with a dumb ending. There's also a couple stories that are standard bad guy being bad, robs and kills people, fakes he's a good guy, but Punisher knows all. Snooooooze. Been there. PUNISHERMAX #9". Comic Book Roundup. Archived from the original on 2017-08-12 . Retrieved 2017-07-08. A collection of stand alone stories that involve the Punisher. Staying true to character, most of the stories involve some version of crime with the Punisher dealing out the consequences. Then the second story, "Man of Stone," is a sequel of sorts and brings closure to a few different story arcs that we've seen from Book 2, but especially "Mother Russia." I would definitely suggest reading Book 2 before this story. This is a good arc with a bunch of great characters, but it pales in comparison to the next story.